Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
county, district, subdivision
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 福井県 【フクイケン】 Fukui Prefecture (Hokuriku area)
  • 三重県 【ミエケン】 Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4, xuan2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1601 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
27784 Morohashi
1802 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4555 New Nelson (John Haig)
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-7 SKIP code
6299.3 Four corner code
1-69-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e23 Unicode hex code